Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Maron55/Archive

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Unusual similarities in user page content, edits, and edit summaries. Nearly all edits are nonconstructive. Maron50/Maron55 were noticed first, additional accounts were found using Recent Changes Search. Both Maron50 and Maron55 continued to edit after being warned against the use of multiple accounts (on their respective talk pages).

Each account using the same edit summary, a summary unique to the above six accounts: Maron55, Maron50, Tuaseef, Sapnamalik, Emma kish, Olivia Ma.

Each account contributing to overlinking, with identical summaries: Maron55, Maron50, Tuaseef, Sapnamalik, Emma kish, Olivia Ma.

Note the similarity of user pages: User:Maron55, User:Maron50, User:Tuaseef, User:Sapnamalik, User:Emma kish, User:Olivia Ma.

Maron50/55 editing the same article: Health ; Survival Skills ; Nicolaus van Aelst.

Maron50/55 being warned: ,; edits from both accounts after warnings:,.


 * ʍw 05:33, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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✅, blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:13, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

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All accounts started editing after the previous accounts were blocked. Very similar behavior and edit summaries as previous accounts.

Each account overlinking with a distinctive, previously used edit summary: Sophia emmi, Emily2k, Charlotte5k, Joshi55.

Charlotte5k making a very similar edit to a page recently edited by Maron55: Aframe.

Emily2k editing a page recently edited by Maron55: Access to US Adoption Records.
 * ʍw 03:23, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Adding Austomi, given the timing, the identical edit summaries, and the habit of citing Wikipedia articles. ʍw 03:46, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

...and Ava kish; also started editing after the initial blocks, edits the same articles as Austomi and uses summaries containing the same basic phrases used by all previous accounts. ʍw 04:01, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

...and Selitakish, yet another new account making the same sorts of edits to some of the same pages with the exact same summaries as used by the above accounts. ʍw 04:35, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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✅ + . Blocked, tagged, closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 09:58, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

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Same habits and patterns as previous accounts.


 * ʍw 20:58, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

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While cleaning up after accounts blocked as socks of Maron55, I came across some accounts blocked per Sockpuppet investigations/Topnespressomachine. Accounts from both investigations had made similar edits to the same pages, indicating a connection. Could a clerk look into this? I suspect the investigations may need to be merged. ʍw 02:56, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * IRC refers to Internet Relay Chat. On the freenode IRC network is the SPI channel (#wikipedia-en-spi). With that said, my experiences this past month or two are that it's very hard to get a CU or clerk there at this time.--Jasper Deng (talk) 03:03, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * . Mz7 (talk) 23:29, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
 * This case is technically to Sockpuppet investigations/Topnespressomachine. However, the many technical differences make a merger inappropriate. Closing.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:43, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

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Same MO, stoopid one hit upload on Commons. Hedwig in Washington (TALK) 02:50, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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In the meantime confirmed by CU on Commons. --Achim (talk) 18:45, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

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 * - In order to facilitate and expedite your request, please provide diffs to support your case. Please give two or more diffs meeting the following format:
 * 1) At least one diff is from the sockmaster (or an account already blocked as a confirmed sockpuppet of the sockmaster), showing the behaviour characteristic of the sockmaster.
 * 2) At least one diff per suspected sockpuppet, showing the suspected sockpuppet emulating the behaviour of the sockmaster given in the first diff.
 * 3) In situations where it is not immediately obvious from the diffs what the characteristic behaviour is, a short explanation must be provided. Around one sentence is enough for this. ~ Rob 13 Talk 14:05, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - Given the findings on the Commons this looks pretty clear cut me and the existence of sleepers seems likely. Please check to identify any that may exist here. Sir Sputnik (talk) 19:29, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * No sleepers found. Previous accounts have gone, so CU won't yield anything useful here. - Mailer Diablo 18:21, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


 * - As previously mentioned, based on the findings on the Commons. Please block the sock indefinitely. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:48, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅. - Mailer Diablo 18:51, 16 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Tagging and closing. Sir Sputnik (talk) 18:53, 16 November 2017 (UTC)